Lips


Lips began as a solo project in 2010 while Steph Brown was living in New York, recording demos in the bedroom of her Brooklyn apartment. She went on to win the APRA Silver Scroll in 2012 for her song ‘Everything To Me’, a soulful slow burner that played on student radio and introduced a new voice to the airwaves. Lips’ sound grew over the years as the project went from solo to duo to a four-piece band.

Brown had been part of the music scene for some time, playing with Opensouls and Anika Moa, collaborating with Anna Coddington, and playing in Fredericks Brown with Deva Mahal in New York. Lips went on to release three EPs and one LP, I Don’t Know Why I Do Anything (2021) though the project went through many changes, gradually changing from a solo project to an established band. 

Lips - Your Deodorant Doesn't Work (2021)
Lips performing at Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 2014.
Lips - I Don't Know Why I Do Anything (2021)
Lips - Shadows (2012)
Lips, left to right: Fen Ikner, Ruby Walsh, Maude Morris, Steph Brown.
Photo credit: Lula Cucchiara
Lips publicity photo
Steph Brown, 2018
Lips - We Don't Have Much Time (2013)
Steph Brown.
Lips - Traces of Teddy (2015)
Lips - Look, Listen album cover (self-released, 2012)
Anna Coddington (centre) with Steph Brown and Fen Ikner from Lips.
Lips photographed performing at a CD release.
Lips - Nightcall (2013)
Lips publicity photo
Stephanie Brown, Lips
Lips in a publicity photo.
Lips' Steph Brown playing a live to air set on 95bFM, Auckland, 2012.
Lips - One Not Two (2010)
Lips New Zealand tour poster, 2021
Fen Ikner, Lips, 2018.
Lips - Empty Hours (2021)
Lips' Fen Ikner and Steph Brown.
A still from the video for Lips' Traces of Teddy, Tuscon Arizona, 2015
Lips - Everything To Me (2012)
Lips - What the Hell (2021)
Lips - The Reason
Steph Brown, Lips.
Opensouls, 2004.
Lips: Maude Morris, Fen Ikner, Steph Brown, Ruby Walsh.
Lips' Steph Brown rehearsing with Anna Coddington, 2015.
Lips promotional image
Lips - Heave Ho (2021)
Lips - Not Today (2022)
Nightcall video shoot for George FM, with Nick Dwyer, Jeremy Toy, Johnny Paker. 
Drummer Fen Ikner, Lips.
Lips - Freddy Bardot (2014)
Lips - Guilty Talk (2019)
Lips' Fen Ikner and Steph Brown performing at Glasslands, Brooklyn, NYC, 2014.
Lips publicity photo.
Daffodils trailer (2019) NZ On Screen
Steph Brown, Lips, 2018
Lips' Fen Ikner and Steph Brown, 2018.
Lips US solo tour, 2011.
Labels:

Lips Limited

Members:

Steph Brown - vocals, synth, keyboards

Fen Ikner - drums, vocals

Ruby Walsh - bass, vocals

Maude Morris - guitar, synth, vocals

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